Automatic fan



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F. COMMINGE.

AUTOMATIC FAN. No. 417,406. Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

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F. COMMINGE.

AUTOMATIG FAN.

Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

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ATTORNEY N. PEN-IRS. Pmwumo m Washinglon, nc.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK COMMINGE, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

AUTOMATIC FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 4zl'7,40 6,datedDecember 1'7, 1889.

7 Application filed March 2,1889. Serial No. 301,800. (No model.)

. matic fans intended especially for use on beds, whether in houses orin sleeping-cars; and the invention consists in certain novelconstructions and combinations of parts, as

will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention as inuse. Fig. 2 is a side view of the improvement. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview on about line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view, showinga somewhat different construction from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig.5 is a sectional view on about line 5 5, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail viewof parts of the brake mechanism, and Fig. 7 is a detail view of themetal lining or casing for the slot in the head-board.

In carrying out my invention I provide a bar or support Aior thefan-rods, such bar being provided with an opening or openings at for thefan-rods B, and with set-screws C, turning into openings 0 so the saidrods B can be held in any desired vertical adjustment. This bar A issecured at one end to the head-board D of the bed, and extends at asuitable height horizontally over said bed nearly to its foot, as shown.

In securing the bar A to the head-board D, I may use the constructionshown in Fig. 1 or that shown in Fig. 4, as may be desired. In theconstruction shown in Fig. l the bar A has at its end a depending arm A,which is slotted at a and fits within a socket-piece E, screwed to theface of the head-board D, and which has screws 6 for clamping arm A, andis provided with a slot c, registering with slot at in the arm A andwith a slot d in the head-board D, such slots d, a, and 6 being providedfor the passage of the pitman rod F, presently described, and thepassageway being sufficiently. elongated to permit the operation of suchrod when the fanor fans are set at difierent heights. In theconstruction shown in Fig. 4 the arm A has at its fixed end dependingbrackets or arms A which diverge or flare toward their lower ends andare screwed to the head-board, either against the face of such board, asshown,or against the rear of same, as maybe desired.

The fan-rods B are secured in openings at, so they may be adjusted up ordown and secured in position, holding the fans at the desired height.The fan-shank B carries the, fan G on its lower end, and is pivoted or.hinged at its upper ends to the lower end of the rod B, so such shank Band the attached fan can be freely vibrated by the pitman-rod in thedirection of length of the bed.

In secu ring the fan proper G to the shank B the latter is slotted at band flattened or flared at such end, and has a set screw or screws 11turning into such slot, so the fan-blade fitted at its edge therein maybe secured or removed at will. When one fan is used, the pitman F issecured to the hanger-rod thereof and properly operates the same as thesaid pitman is reciprocated. When two fans are employed, I connect thetwo fan-shanks by a connecting-rod H and connect the pitman with thefan-shank nearest the head-board.

In Figs.'1 and 2 I show the two fans proper, and in Fig. 4 the singlefan, the motion being indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. It will beunderstood that I may use one, two, or more fans, as desired. The pitmanF extends from the fan-shank through slots d e a, and connects at itsopposite end with crank 1 in a shaft of the clock-train I, which issecured in a suitable casing of wood or metal fixed to the back of thehead-board. This-clock-train may be of any suitable construction, and itwill be understood that its spring should be sufficiently strong toproperly operate the fans.

From the foregoing the operation will be fully understood. The clocktrain being properly wound, the crank i will reciprocate the fan shankor shanks and so effect the desired motion of the fans. By preferencethe pitman Fis made in two sections f f jointed at f and secured thereatby screw f, by removing which the parts may be detached when desired.

In order to enable the regulation of the speed of the fans,I provide inthe clock-train a wheel I and pivot at j a brake-lever J, which bears atone end j against the side of wheel I, and its other end is arranged tobe engaged by a cam or projection K on a shaft K, which journals in thehead-board,a1nl has at its front end a knob L, which is fitted on anangular portion of shaft K, so it may be moved longitudinally thereon tobring a pin Z on its inner side in any one of suitable openings on in aplate M, secured to the headboard. By properly turning the knob thelever J may be caused to press against the wheel I with any desiredforce to regulate the speed of the apparatus, and when the desired speedis secured it may be retained by fitting the pin Zin the proper openingm in plate M.

In the construction shown in Fig. -l a metal protecting lining or casingmay be provided in the slot (Z of the head-board, such lining beingshown in detail in Fig. 7.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. Thecombination of the clock-train or motor provided with a eran k, thesupportingbar, the fan-rod held to such supporting-bar and adjustablevertically, a clamp by which to secure such fan-rod in any desiredadjustment, the fan-shank supporting the fan proper and hinged at itsupper end to the fanrod, and a pitman extending between such fan-shankand the crank of the clock-train or motor, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the bed, the supporting-bar extended over the bedand secured at one end to the head-board thereof, and having a verticalopening or openings, the fan-rod fitting and movable longitudinally insaid opening, a screw by which to hold said rod rigidly to thesupporting-bar, and the fanshank hinged at its upper end to the fan-rod,substantially as set forth.

3. The improvement in fans, substantially as described, consisting ofthe bed, the socketpiece E, secured to the head-board of the bed andhaving a slot e, the supporting-bar A, having an arm A fitted in saidsocket-piece E, adjustable vertically therein, and havinga slot at inregister with slot 6, a screw by which to secure the arm A in anysuitable adjustment, the fan suitably connected with the supporting-bar,and the pitman connected with the fan and extended thence through slots6 a, whereby the fan may be operated from the rear of the head-board,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the bed having its head-board provided with avertically-elongated slot, the fan or fans suitably supported over saidbed, the clock-train or motor supported in rearof the said head-board,and the pitman extended through the slot in'the headboard and connectingthe clock-train or motor with the fan or fans, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination, substantially as herein described, of the bed havingits head-board provided with a slot (Z, the clock-train or motorsupported at the back of said head-board and having a crank 71 in linewith slot (1, the socket-piece E, secured to the face of the head-boardand having a slot 8 in register with slot (1, the bar A, having arm Afitted in socket E, and formed with slot a in line with slots (1 e, suchbar A being provided with opening a and set-screw C, the fan-rod B, thefan-shank hinged to said rod B, and the pitman connected with saidfan-shank, extended through slots 6 (0'01, and connected with crank 2',all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

FRANK COMMINGE.

\Vitnesses:

P. B. TURPIN, SoLoN C. KEMoN.

